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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | Clear | air | clean | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTV | 5-10 | 12-15 | 12-15 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTV | 5-10 | 12-15 | 12-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTV | LTV | LTE | LTE | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
As suspected, Saturday’s wind beat the model forecasts by a few miles per hour. I imagine this made for a pretty fun downwind race for all the folks at the Paddle Challenge. Course racing happens today at the Waterfront Park. Whatever wind you see today, get it, because things don’t look so great for the next two days. Models do agree on stronger wind returning Wednesday.
So, Sunday. We have models disagreeing again: the GFS likes 10-13 and the ECMWF likes 17-20. A weak incoming low may decrease the gradients this afternoon, but still.. plenty of clouds in Portland, plenty of sunshine out here… let’s go with light and variable wind early with 12-15 midday from Stevenson to Swell with 10-13 from the Wunderbar to Mosier. Areas east of Mosier will see light easterly flow.
Monday starts off with light and variable wind or very light west wind. There won’t be much more: just 10-13ish from Stevenson to Swell with 5-10 or less from Hood River to Mosier and light east wind out east. Easterlies increase to 15-20 on Tuesday morning between Rooster Rock and Viento (great for a downwind/downcurrent paddle). They fade to less than 5 in the afternoon.
Models send the pesky low packing eastward on Wednesday, allowing for more marine clouds in Portland and stronger gradients. We have some agreement that westerlies will climb into the low 20’s on Wednesday and the upper 20’s for a few days after that.
BONUS: Jones Sunday: 23-26. Monday: no. Tuesday: nada. Sauvie’s Sunday & Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: zero. Coast (north/central/south). Sunday: W5/N5/25-30, NW swell 5′ @ 8 seconds. Monday: W5/W5/25-30, NW 5′ @ 8. Tuesday: zero/nada/zilch, NW 4′ @ 8 and W 3′ @ 12.
Random Morning Thoughts
Not today!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Clear and smoky for the next three days with a chance of thunder Monday and Tuesday evenings. Sunday: Free air freezing level (FAF): 15,000′ falling to 14,000′. Wind: S 10 early, N 10 later. Monday: FAF: 14,000′ falling to 13,000′. Wind: N 10 early, NE 15 afternoon. Tuesday: FAF: 14,000′ rising to 15,000′. Wind: NE 10 early, NE 5 later.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Yucky smoke has returned and will stick around through Tuesday evening. In a fun twist, it’ll be Washington and BC smoke this time, rather than California and Oregon smoke. Temps Sunday will be in the upper 50’s early (open windows) and near 90 later (closed windows). Light west wind. No rainbows. Monday looks similar with a little less wind and a slight chance of evening thunder. Tuesday looks smoky and not cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and low 90’s in the afternoon. Light east wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session (significant rainfall). Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington as we are at IFPL 4.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community activities start with a 9am free yoga class at Samadhi in White Salmon. Columbia Art Gallery has free classes for kids accompanied by adults from 1 to 3, and the Dalles Community Wellness Walk is from 2 to 4.
Pacific Crest Trail Days wraps up this morning on Thunder Island in Cascade Locks – get down there early to check out all the latest backpacking gear. Hood River’s Waterfront Park has standup paddle course racing today, all day long, with some of the best in the world on the Columbia. Troutdale’s Glenn Otto park hosts Oregon Bigfoot Days today. If you’d prefer your Bigfoot Celebration in Washington, you’ll have to wait for Logtoberfest in Carson in October.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
